Russian Toy

This illustration does not necessarily show the ideal example of the breed.

The sequence might differ slightly from the original breed standard.

ORIGIN

: Russia.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID STANDARD

: 21.02.2006.

UTILISATION

: Companion Dog.

FCI-CLASSIFICATION

:

Group 9

Companion and Toy Dogs

Section 9

Continental Toy Spaniel and Russian Toy

Without working trial

TRANSLATION

: RKF, revised by R. Triquet and J. Mulholland.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY

: At the beginning of the 20th century, the English Toy Terrier was one of the most popular toy dogs in Russia. However, in the period 1920 – 1950 the breeding of pure toy terriers was almost stopped and the number of dogs fell to a critical level. Only in the mid-fifties did Russian dog-breeders begin the revival of the breed. Practically all dogs which were used for breeding had no pedigrees; many of them were not pure blood. The Standard drafted for Toy Terriers significantly differed from that of the English Toy Terrier in many aspects. From this moment, the evolution of the breed in Russia went its own way. On the 12th of October, 1958 two smooth-haired dogs, one of which had slightly longer hair, gave birth to a male dog with a spectacular fringes on ears and limbs. It was decided to keep this feature. The male was mated with a female which also had slightly long hair. Thus the longhaired variety of the Russian Toy appeared. It was called Moscow Longhaired Toy Terrier. A dog breeder from Moscow, Yevgueniya Fominichna Zharova, played an important role in the creation of this breed variant. It was during a long period of development, in an isolated context, along with a specifically conducted selection that a new breed was created the Russian Toy with two varieties Longhaired and smooth-haired.

Withers

Back

Loin

Croup

Chest

: The chest is oval, sufficiently deep and not too wide.

Underline and belly

: Tucked up belly and drawn up flanks, forming a nicely curved line from the chest to the flanks.

TAIL

: Docked (only two or three vertebrae are left), carried high. In countries where tail docking is prohibited by law, it is left in its natural state. Undocked sickle tail. It should not be carried lower than back level.

LIMBS

:

FOREQUARTERS

: Thin and lean; seen from the front, the front legs are straight and parallel.

Shoulder

: The shoulder blades are moderately long and not too sloping.

Upper Arm

: Forming an angle of 105 degrees with the shoulder blade. The length of upper arm is approximately equal to the length of shoulder.

Carpus (wrist)

Pastern

FEET

Forefeet

Hind feet

: Arched , a little bit narrower than forefeet. Nails and pads are black or match the coat colour.

HINDQUARTERS

: Seen from the rear, the hind legs are straight and parallel, but standing a little bit wider than the forelegs. Stifles and hocks are sufficiently bent.

Thigh

: Muscles are lean and developed.

Lower thigh

: The upper and lower thighs are of the same length.

Hock

: Sufficiently angulated.

Rear pastern

: Vertical.

GAIT / MOVEMENT

: Easy, straightforward, fast. No noticeable change in the topline when moving.

SKIN

: Thin, dry and tight-fitting.

COAT

:

HAIR

: There exists two types for the breed smooth-haired and longhaired.Smooth-haired: short, close-lying, shiny hair, without undercoat or bald patches.Longhaired: body is covered with moderately long (3-5 cm), straight or slightly wavy hair, close-lying, which does not hide the natural outline of the body . Hair on the head and on the front part of limbs is short and close -lying. Distinct feathers on rear side of limbs. The feet have long, silky hair which completely hides the nails. Ears are covered with thick, long hair forming a fringe. Dogs of more than 3 years have such a fringe, which should completely hide the outer edges and tips of the ears. Body hair should not look tousled nor be too short (less than 2 cm.).

COLOUR

: Black and tan, brown and tan, blue and tan. Also red of any shade with or without black or brown overlay. Richer shades are preferable for all colours.

SIZE

:

Height at withers

: Dogs and bitches 20 – 28 cm (tolerance +/- 1 cm)

Weight

: Dogs and bitches up to 3 kg.

FAULTS

: Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.
Timid behaviour.
Level bite or incisors sloping forward.
Semi-pricked ears. This condition in longhaired dogs with heavy fringes is permissible but not desirable.
Low set tail.
Presence of bald patches in smooth-haired dogs.
Too long or too short hair on body of longhaired dogs.
Small white spots on chest and toes.
Solid black, brown and blue colours. Tan markings too large or with dark shadings.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS

:

Aggressive, overly shy.

Overshot, pronounced undershot. Absence of 1 canine; absence of more than 2 incisors in either jaw.

Hanging ears.

Short legs.

Many bald patches in short-haired dogs.

Longhaired dogs: absence of fringes on ears and presence of curly hair.

White coat, white spots on the head, abdomen and above metacarpus; large white patches on chest and throat, presence of brindle markings.